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Posts: 118 31-Jan-2011 5:24 PM	Remove this ad 1562. All persons admitted into the Constabulary Force must enter either as cadets (see sec.662), or as Constables. 1563. General Qualifications. No person shall be admitted as a Constable unless he is possessed of the following qualifications:- He must be capable of reading, without hesitation, any printed or written document, and of writing a legible hand, and must be acquainted with the first four simple rules of arithmetic. He must bear a good character for honesty, sobriety, and fidelity. He must be at least 5 feet 9 inches in height, strong and active, a single man, and between the ages of 19 and 27 years; a registrar's certificate of birth is necessary. Sons of members or pensioners of the Force will be eligible for admission if 5 feet 8 inches in height, and at the age of 18 years. A candidate of 5 feet 11 inches in height must have a chest measurement of 37 inches. The chest measurement must not in any case be less than 36 inches. 1564. No candidate can be appointed to the Force while he is a hired servant in the employment of any person. If he is known to be actually employed by any Government department, or public company, or private person, he is not to be attested unless he produces the written consent of his employer to his being a candidate for the Force and to the immediate surrender of his employment should he be accepted as fit for the Force. If he was previously in such employment, he is not to be attested unless he prouces a written discharge from his late employer. 1565. Literate Qualifications. Candidates will be given three sums in each of the first four simple rules of arithmetic. County Inspectors, in examining candidates by dictation,should select a piece from some newspaper containing not less than from 100 to 120 words, in order that a fair estimate may be formed as to the Candidate's qualifications in handwriting and orthography. The County Inspector, or officer acting for him, must himself select and read the extract for dictation. His clarks are on no account to be entrusted with this duty. If a candidate should possess a certificate as to his literate qualifications, obtained in any educational or collegiate institution, it may be forwarded with the papers in his case to the Commandant. 1566. When a candidate arrives at the age of 27 years his name will be removed from the Register of Candidates. Last Edited By: ballyroughan 2-Feb-2011 2:07 PM. Edited 2 times.
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Posts: 120 2-Feb-2011 4:54 PM	1567. Measurement of Height. A candidate when being measured should have a slip of paper placed on the top of his head and a slip under each heel. The slips should be held firmly, the first between the head and the horizontal bar, and the other two between the heels and the base of the standard. The candidate should be placed against the standard with the feet together, and the weight thrown on the heels, and not on the toes or outside of the feet. Hhe should stand erect,without rigidity, and with the heels,calves,buttocks, and shoulders touching the standard; the chin should be depressed to bring the top of the head level under the horizontal bar, and the height should be noted in parts of an inch to eights. Particular care should be taken to very fully the height of such candidates as are on the minimum lines. 1568. Measurement of the Chest. The candidate should be made to stand erect, with his heels together, and to rise his arms over his head. The tape should be carefully adjusted around the chest, with the upper edge at the back touching the lower angles of the shoulder blades,and its low edge in front touching the upper part of the nipples. The arms should then be lowered to hang loosely by the side, and care should be taken that the shoulders are not thrown upwards or backwards, so as to displace the tape. The candidate should then be directed to take a deep inspiration several times, and when his chest is inflated to the utmost capacity, the maximum expansion should be recorded. He should then be directed to empty his chest of air as much as possible. This is best done by continuous whistling with the lips as long as sound can be produced. If, during the process, the candidate to the slightest extent inhales any air he should be required to begin again. The tape should be carefully gathered in during the process, and when the minimum measurement is reached, it should be recorded. The mean of the two measurements should be cosidered as the true chest measurement. In recording the measurements, fractions of less then half an inch should not be noted. The measurements should be given on form 2 . 1569. General Appearance and Physique. When height and chest measurement are being taken, the general appearance and physique of each candidate should be at the same time carefully noted in writing. Where a candidate, although qualified as regards actual measurements, seems to be lacking in stamina, or does not appear to be sufficiently strong for Constabulary service, the fact should be specially recorded. In considering these points, attention should be paid to the muscular development of the candidate, whether average for his age or otherwise. These particulars regarding general appearance and physique should be entered by the County Inspector on Form 2 for the guidance of the Commandant in classifying the candidates. 1570. Standards. Uniform standards are supplied to all the counties and ridings, as well as to the Depot. All candidates should be measured by such standards, without shoes and stockings,in presence of the County Inspector or District Insspector acting for him,who will not delegate this duty to a subordinate. 1571. In order to ensure being present to personally examine candidates, both as regards literary and physical qualifications, the County Inspector should each month fix a day for their attendance, when he can arrange to be present. 1572. County List of Candidates. The County Inspector will keep a register of all persons in their respective counties or ridings, who are eligible candidates for the Force; such persons should produce certificates of their moral conduct and character from Magistrates or Constabulary officers, and County Inspectors will be held responsible that they are qualified according to the regulations. A copy of this register is to be sent to the Depot monthly, or as often as may be required by the Commandant, accompanied by the candidate's specimen of writing to dictation, and the District Inspector's recommendation. The candidate's birth certificate is to be sent to the Depot along with Form No 2.and his testimonials are to be carefully preserved in the County Inspector's office. Candidates who are not fully up to requirements in every respect cannot under any circumstances be accepted.
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Posts: 121 2-Feb-2011 7:26 PM	1573. In order to preserve the high moral character for which the Force has been hitherto distinguished, and on which its efficiency mainly depends, it is directed that whenever the magistrate shall be unable to certify, of his own knowledge, to the perfectly sober, honest, steady, and general good character of the candidate recommended, the County Inspector will either reject him at once, or refer for further information respecting him to the Inspector of the district to which he belongs, or where he is best known, who shall thereupon institute a most rigid inquiry; and should it prove satisfactory, the candidate's name will be admitted on the County Inspector's list. Inquiries should always be made from previous employers of the candidate. 1574 . It is presumed that, independently of the recommendation of magistrares, the County and District Inspectors will be able, from their intimate acquaintance with the candidates in their respective districts, to contribute largely to the recruiting of the Force; and they should take every opportunity of encouraging eligible young men in their localities to join the Force, by pointing out to them the numerous advantages to be derived from entering the service of the Constabulary. 1575. When a District Inspector shall recommend a candidate, for whose conduct he is willing to become answerable, and the County Inspector shall be assured of his eligibility in all respects, he will insert his name in the list of approved candidates, without a recommendation or certificate from any other quarter. 1576. Officers should exercise the greatest care in their selection of men for the Constabulary, and should beware of recommending candidates with whose past history, as well as present habits, they are not familiar; nor should they recommend any, whatever may be their own conduct, whose parents, relatives, or associates, are of disreputable or suspected character. 1577. Each Head Constable, Sergeant, or Acting-Sergeant in charge of a station should keep a list of all candidates in his sub-district who have been registered for enlistment in the Force. If it become known that either previously or subsequently to the Candidate's name having been placed on any list, he was guilty of any act of misconduct which would render him ineligible,or that any circumstance has occurred which would render him ineligible (owing to his having left the county, or having got married, or becoming over age, or otherwise), the fact should at once be reported to the County Inspector for the information of the Commandant, with a view to the candidates's name being struck off the Register.
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Posts: 122 3-Feb-2011 5:46 PM	1578. Classification. Candidates for the Force are divided into two classes, the first class to include only such men as combine in the highest degree physical strenght with good education and superior moral character. The second class to include those who, while satisfying the minimum requirements as to height and chest measurement, are not up to the first class standard as regards literate qualifications, stamina, or physical development. In filling up the form for candidates, County Inspectors should give the fullest possible information respecting each (setting forth any particulars which would mark a candidate as specially qualified) in order to guide the Commandant in calling forward recruits. 1579. The men will be placed in their respective classes, according to the Commandant's arrangement, and be attested and sent to the Depot as he may direct; but as long as men belonging to the first class are available, a regard for the interests of the service forbids the admission of any man belonging to the second class, a fact which should be notified to the candidates. 1580. But if a candidatehas been placed in the second class owing to extreme youth, slightness of form, or insufficient education, he will be raised to the first class as soon as the County Inspector shall be able to report to and satisfy the Commandant that such defect has been removed. 1581. Should a County Inspector be of opinion that any of his candidates have been placed in a lower class then that to which their qualifications entitle them, he may communicate with the Commandant on the subject. 1582. Sons of members of the Force will be placed at the head of the respective classes to which they have been assigned, without regard to priority of application. 1583. Queries to be answered. No candidate shall be enrolled for the Force who shall not have previously, in his own handwriting, answered the necessary queries, and subscribed the proper acknowledgment on the prescribed form. 1584. Vaccination. No candidate for the Force can be accepted who has not been vaccinated. When candidates are registered in the first class they should at once have themselves re-vaccinated. 1585. Medical Inspection. With the view of obviating expense to the candidate, it will not be imperative on him to be medically examined prior to his enrolment. When, therefore, men are duly recommended as fit persons for the Force, theyare, in the first instance, to appear before the County Inspector, who shall examine them, and register such as in his opinion are eligible, without any medical examination. Candidates are, however, advised to have themselves medically examined at once in order to obviate the disappointment which sometimes occurs on the final examination at Depot. 1586.But immediately prior to the candidates proceeding to the Depot, they shall undergo the usual medical examination in the county; and only such shall be sent forward as the examining surgeon shall certify to be free from disease and other medidal disqualification. Whenever it is practicable the candidate should be sent before a military surgeon for examination. If there be no army surgeon, the medical attendant of Constabulary is the proper officer to inspect the candidate, if he is willing to undertake it. Failing either of the foregoing, the County Inspector should use his own judgment, and send the candidate before a competent medical practitioner; no expense to the public should, however, be incurred in any case. Every candidate who has been rejected by the local surgeon is to be distinctly informed that he is not to attend at the Depot for examination, and that if he dose so attend he will not be examined by the Surgeon of the Force.
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Posts: 123 3-Feb-2011 7:25 PM	1587. In the event of a medical officer of the army declining to inspect a candidate for the Constabulary Force when sent before him for that purpose, the County Inspector will courteously call his attention to the Regulations for the Army Medical Services, which state that recruits for the Royal Irish Constabulary will, when brought before Army Medical Officers, be examined by them. 1588. When a civil surgeon who is temporarily discharging the duties of an army surgeon is asked to examine a candidate as to his fitness for the Constabulary, the candidate himself must pay any fee that may be required, as no expense to the public is to be incurred on account of such examinations. 1589. Attestation and and final Approval. Recruits will be intermediately approved and attested at the head quarters of the counties or ridings, and finally approved at the Depot in Dublin, on the proper form (see Appendix No.13). 1590. Transmission to Depot. When an enrolled candidate is called to the county head quarters with a view of his being sent to the Depot, he shall undergo a second examination by the County Inspecror as to height and chest, and fill up in his own handwriting the remaining queries of the attestation form. 1591. If found qualified, the candidate will be attested, and sent to the Depot for final approval. He will be granted the usual train fare, in addition to his pay; but neither his pay from the date of his attestation nor the train fare will be paid to him until his arrival in Dublin; and in the event of his being rejected at the Depot, he will receive train fare going to Dublin and returning, and his pay up to the day of his discharge.
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Posts: 124 4-Feb-2011 3:44 PM	1592. The County Inspector will not be held responsible for the final rejection of the recruit, on account of medical disability; but in cases of rejection on account of deficiency in literate qualifications, or for being under the standard height and chest measurement, the County Inspector who may allow such candidates to go forward will be held responsible for the expense incurred in conveying them to the Depot and returning home. 1593. Dublin Metropolitan Police. No man who has resigned from the Dublin Metropolice Police shall, without the consent of the Chief Commissioner of that force, be received into the Constabulary within six months after the date of such resignation. 1594. Other Police Forces. For the provisions under which service in other police forces is allowed to reckon in the Constabulary, see 46 and 47 Vict., ch. 14, section 5. 1595. Re-admission. No man can be re-admitted after having been dismissed the Force; but when men have voluntarily resigned, applications for re-admission will be entertained from those who have been well conducted prior to thrir resignation, are under 35 years of age, single, and can be certified to have been of good character and creditably employed since they left the Force. Men who resign will not, however, be allowed to reckon any portion of their former service, unless their application to do so is made within six months of the date of their resignation. 1596. Whenever a man is to be re-attested he is to be sent to the Depot for that purpose. 1597. Necessaries. Every approved candidate must be possessed of four flannel shirts, two pairs of boots, four pairs of socks, and two towels on joining the Depot, and one pound in money, for the purchase of necessaries, and for his support until the next months issue of pay. He must also have a suit of plain clothes, and a hat or cap, which are at all times to form a part of his necessaries.(see sec.1200.) Recruits who are not respectably clad on their arrival at the Depot are liable to be sent back at their own expense. 1598. Probation. No recruit is to be sent to a county who has not a fair knowledge of police and detective duties, and who is not proficient in drill. Any recruit who, at the termination of six months, shall be unfit to join a county will, unless his progress has been retarded by illness, be discharged from the service. 1599. Every recruit must understand that, if his conduct previous to his joining the Force shall be discovered to be have been such as would have disqualified him, had it been known; or if his conduct, while at the Depot, should not prove satisfactory to the Commandant; in either of these cases a report is to be made to the Inspector-General, who may cause him to be forthwith discharged as unfit. The Commandant may, without reference to head-quarters, accept the resignation of recruits and discharge such as shall be pronounced unfit for service by the Surgeon of the Force.
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